I already made a review of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet and for the record I don’t even know if the DLC’s are finished yet. I will start with the Kitakami’s DLC revolving around Ogerpon it adds more story and pretty much exists as setup for the Indigo Disk. It focuses on lore and more Pokemon to capture introducing the new rivals Kieran and Carmine as well as bringing in some older Pokemon and more story. It can actually be accessed as soon as you start the Treasure Hunt in Scarlet and Violet. All Pokemon will be level 15-20 if you go there that early, however if you already beat base Scarlet and Violet the levels boost to 60-65. This is similar to how Sword and Shield handled its base DLC the Isle of Armor so I’m not surprised to see a similar system.

The Indigo Disk is the other pack to access it you need to clear the story modes of both Scarlet and Violet base game and Part One of Treasures of Area Zero. Here Wild Pokemon easily reach later levels, but you can also catch all of the starters and get revisits from Alolan Pokemon and Galarian Slowpoke. Boss Battles are the hardest as Pokemon reach early 80s and even the Academy Ace Tournament gets high level. I said before that it doesn’t seem finished this is because it seems no one has figured out how to unlock the last three coaches and it is believed that there will be an epilogue chapter and those three will be released then. This all makes the Indigo Disk similar to Galarian Star which had its focus on battles and capture. You can capture the starters and the increase in battles makes this a fun time though the quests called BBQ’s can be boring and repetitive but worth it if you just want the starters in this game. Espicially if you consider this is the first time some have been on switch. So is the plot concluded with Teropagus’ capture and the end of Kieran as Champion. I don’t know the last three trainers are rumored to be Arven, Penny, and Nemona so we need to wait for the ending. Fortunately, while writing this Pokemon released a new trailer showing an epilogue chapter set for January 11 so we only need to wait a little while for the ending. Now this news actually isn’t posted anywhere on the website as far as I can tell, but instead on the official Youtube channel for Pokemon.

I overall enjoyed these as they don’t fix Scarlet and Violets many issues and some of those glitches are actually funny if you don’t mind one or two visual chaos. It has been awhile since I’ve seen some of these starters. And seeing some starters like Snivy and Tepig was a good thing as those two haven’t been featured since the 3DS games through transfer or Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire while Oshawott was present in Legends. I already said Scarlet and Violet were disappointing and needed more things to do, but at least the game is slightly more playable. Not good, but slightly better than it was.

Sources:

“A new adventure in the Land of Kitakami awaits!” YouTube, uploaded by The Official Pokémon YouTube channel, Dec 20, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_T9u6T9eOg